Brothers’ Advice Not All in Family

--The husband of well-known psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers says his wife’s advice to her own family members is so “abysmal” that they do not ask her opinion, a magazine reported. Milton Brothers told Family Weekly that as far as his wife is concerned, “psychology is an expertly trained art or science,” but it doesn’t work with family members because “she totally loses her objectivity. When it comes to giving advice to her daughter or her grandson, she is not the right person and people in this family do not seek out her opinion, because she cannot be objective. She is too emotionally involved to give the right advice.” Joyce Brothers, who has frequently appeared as a commentator on radio and television, recently published a book titled, “What Every Woman Ought to Know About Love and Marriage.” Brothers also said that his wife is considering going into politics. “She is still a young woman from a political point of view,” he said. “It would, of course, have to be something low level at first. She’d be very happy to have a seat in the House of Representatives.”

--The pictures of two children abducted from their homes will sit on the kitchen tables of an estimated 2 million families in the Chicago area. Youth Division Cmdr. Joe Mayo said: “Their faces will be there at the breakfast table. People will have to think about it. If it helps us find one child, it’ll be worth it.” The photos--a new set every month--will appear on quart and half-gallon milk cartons in a project by the Hawthorn Mellody dairy and the Chicago Police Department.

--Renowned British composer Sir Michael Tippett celebrated his 80th birthday, receiving a cowboy hat from the Houston Symphony Orchestra and a proclamation of Sir Michael Tippett Week from the mayor and City Council. Sir Michael will conduct two special birthday concerts in Houston Friday and Saturday.

--A chartered flight to Honolulu featuring the world’s first airborne cattle auction will leave the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport with about 340 persons aboard, but not a single bull or cow will join the breeders of Santa Gertrudis cattle, said Steve Harrison, owner of the Bee Creek Ranch, who organized the auction and eight-day trip. Instead, the animals will be videotaped and breeders will see them on seven large screens. Moreover, the breeders won’t even be bidding for the beef. Up for auction--expected to bring $1 million--are the cattle’s frozen semen and embryos, Harrison said. More than $50,000 in “door” prizes include a Western tuxedo with a mink hat and five frozen Santa Gertrudis embryos.